Quickfire Blog Post #1 – Brittany Barnes

Post 3 links to exemplar transdisciplinary collectives/labs/companies. Write one sentence explaining what is unique about each linked entity.

Cal Design Lab at UC BerkeleyThis experimental space is used to promote hands-on, interdisciplinary design activities by allowing any number of faculty and students, across a variety of schools and departments, to work together on critical design challenges, research, and practice.

SpaceXA private company that designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft; combines the effort from a wide variety of fields including engineering, food services, sales, aviation, business, accounting, and governmental affairs.

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Post 3 links to exemplar transdisciplinary projects. Write one sentence explaining what is unique about each linked entity.

Internet of DNATechnical standards that let DNA databases communicate in order to share genetic information across the Internet; it combines the effort from various engineering, medical, and bioinformatic fields.

Agricultural Drones
These drones equipped with ­cameras allow farmers to increase yields and reduce crop damage; it combines agriculture with engineering and robotics.

Microscale 3-D PrintingThis is a project designed to allow 3-D printing to be done using multiple materials, and not just plastics, striving toward the printing of actual organs or other objects that can respond to their environment; combines engineering, chemistry, biology, and biotechnology.